John Champe (soldier)

John Champe
"The Escape of Sergeant Champe":
Lithograph: New York: Currier & Ives, c. 1876.
Born1752 (1752)
DiedSeptember 30, 1798(1798-09-30) (aged 45–46)
SpousePhebe Susan Barnard
ChildrenWilliam Champ, Mary Champ, Susann Champ, Eleanor Champ, Amelia Champ, John Champ, Nathaniel Champ
Espionage activity
Allegiance United States of America
Historical marker near Champe's last residence in what is now Pendleton County, West Virginia. (The reference to his grave is an error.)

Sergeant Major John Champe (ca. 1752 – 30 September 1798) was an American Revolutionary War senior enlisted soldier in the Continental Army who became a double agent in a failed attempt to capture the American traitor General Benedict Arnold (1741–1801).